Daily Content Archive
(as of Wednesday, March 23, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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hegemony
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Using ParenthesesParentheses indicate parenthetical information—that is, any additional information that is not integral to the writing that appears outside of the parentheses. This information may comprise a fragment (a word, phrase, or clause) or one or more complete sentences. What dictates how we use parentheses in relation to other punctuation? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Joseph PriestleyPriestley was an English theologian and scientist. He prepared for the Presbyterian ministry but gradually rejected orthodox Calvinism for Unitarianism. His History of the Corruptions of Christianity, published in 1782, was officially burned in 1785, and he immigrated to the US in 1794, befriending the nation’s founders. As a scientist, his manipulation of gases enabled him to discover new ones, including "dephlogisticated air," a breakthrough whose magnitude escaped him. What gas was it? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Russia's Czar Paul I Assassinated (1801)After his mother, Catherine the Great, suffered a stroke, Paul I ascended to the throne. The new czar instituted a number of reforms that angered the nobility and provoked a conspiracy against him. On the night of his murder, Paul was confronted in his bedroom and pressured to sign his abdication. When he refused, the assassins struck him with a sword, strangled him, and trampled him to death. Though he did not participate in the attack, his successor knew about the plot. Who was he? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Wernher von Braun (1912)Devoted to the pursuit of rocketry and spaceflight since his teenage years, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun was responsible for the successful development of the German V-2 rocket, thousands of which were launched against London and Antwerp during World War II's final year. Nevertheless, at the close of the war, von Braun was brought to the US and soon became a prime figure in the cold war arms race and later in the space program. What notable American projects did he work on? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.Jack London (1876-1916) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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dark days— Times of extreme misfortune or difficulty. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Pakistan Day (2023)This national holiday is also known as Republic Day, and it is the anniversary of a 1940 resolution calling for a Muslim country for Muslim Indians. On the same day in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic within the British Commonwealth. Pakistan Day is celebrated with parades and fairs. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: highwayfrontage road - A smaller road that runs alongside a highway or major road. More... highway, expressway, freeway, parkway, turnpike - A highway is a main road, while an expressway is a multilane highway; freeways, parkways, and turnpikes are types of expressways. More... scamp - Once meant a highwayman; as a verb, it meant "rob on the highway." More... interstate - A highway that is part of the federal network of major roads; despite their name, some interstates do not cross state lines. More... | |